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Pets at Home Complete Nutrition Puppy Pate: Variety Selection review

Name: Pets at Home Complete Nutrition Puppy Pate: Variety Selection
Brand: Pets at Home

48.1/100Average

WetPuppy

A variety selection of chicken, beef and lamb pâté for puppies, sitting in our Average band. The animal declaration is high for a tray at 60%, though only 4% of it is named. The analysis follows the meat, and the calcium figure is one large breed rearing can work with.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Puppies that would rather not work at their dinner
A pup growing into a large adult, with calcium at 1.50% of dry matter
Mixing wet and dry: a loaf spoons over kibble without fuss
A meat share up front, protein converting to 50.0% of dry matter
A change of meat through the week

Worth watching

Various sugars on all three recipes, added for taste
Most of the 60% animal content left under a heading
Oils and fats with no clue to animal or plant
A brief additive panel: vitamin D3 and four trace elements

Written by our editorial team. Independent guidance, not veterinary advice.

How this scores

How we score

48.1/100Average

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyExcellent

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies from toy to large size. Portions on a growth food never hold still, so work from the guide for this week's weight and check how the pup is filling out.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Variety Selection 48.1

All one Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

It reads better in places than its position suggests, with strong protein and balance; the unnamed meat and the sugar line are what pull it down.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivatives60%Generous for a tray, and the protein figure backs it up.
Chicken, beef or lamb (within the above)4%The only part with a species; the rest is described by category alone.
Minerals
Oils and fatsAnimal or plant, the label does not say.
Various sugarsAdded for taste. On a growth food we would rather see it left out.
Derivatives of vegetable origin (chicory)0.1% chicoryChicory brings inulin for the good gut bacteria; the rest of the plant matter is unstated.

Vitamin D3 with zinc, manganese, copper and iodine, a thin panel.

Three meats across the selection, so no single-protein use.

Named ingredients

With Chicken: Meat and Animal Derivatives (60% including 4% Chicken), Minerals, Oils and Fats, Various Sugars, Derivatives of Vegetable Origin (0.1% Chicory). With Beef: Meat and Animal Derivatives (60% including 4% Beef), Minerals, Oils and Fats, Various Sugars, Derivatives of Vegetable Origin (0.1% Chicory).With Lamb: Meat and Animal Derivatives (60% including 4% Lamb), Minerals, Oils and Fats, Various Sugars, Derivatives of Vegetable Origin (0.1% Chicory).

Against the range

Chicken, beef and lamb loaves share one label: meat and animal derivatives at 60% with 4% of the named meat, then minerals, oils and fats, various sugars and derivatives of vegetable origin with 0.1% chicory. No cereal appears on any of the three.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

97 kcal/100g

Protein

10%

Fat

Fibre

0.4%

Ash

Moisture

80%

Dry weight

Protein

50%

Fat

30%

Fibre

Ash

10%

Carbs

As-fed composition

Estimated breakdown of the finished product by ingredient category, from the declared ingredient list and ingoing weights. These are estimates, not measurements.

Meat

50.1%

Added water

15%

Carbs

10.9%

Oils

Other

15%

Pricing & size